US20090128421A1 - Antenna device and antenna system utilizing said antenna device - Google Patents
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- an antenna system comprising a supporting base electrically connected to a predetermined voltage level, and at least one antenna device located on the supporting base.
- the antenna device comprises a first conductive piece, a second conductive piece electrically connected to the supporting base, a third conductive piece electrically connected to the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece, and a feeding point located on the first conductive piece.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a measured 3-D radiation pattern of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an antenna device and an antenna system utilizing said antenna device, and particularly relates to a wideband antenna that can be hidden in a system and a wideband antenna system utilizing said wideband antenna device.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- A popular type of a access-point antenna applied to a wireless wideband router/hub is a dipole antenna with a plastic or rubber sleeve encircling it. The dipole antenna is always located at one side of an apparatus, and the antenna is exposed on the case of a product. Such an antenna is prone to be vandalized, occupies a lot of space and affects the aesthetics, and it is even worse for a multi-antenna system where there are more than two antennas.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a priorart wideband router 100. As shown inFIG. 1 , thewideband router 100 includesantennas antennas - In order to solve these problems, some access-point antennas have been developed to be smaller and at the same time capable of providing wide bandwidth (2.4˜5.8 GHz). For example, a Taiwan patent with patent number M253071 discloses a “dual-band antenna”, which utilizes a dual-band access-point dipole antenna structure. The antenna utilizes two radiating copper tubes to reach the 2.4 and 5 GHz dual-band operation, and this operation is different from a prior art single band dipole antenna that utilizes a center conducting line of the coaxial cable. Additionally, a Taiwan patent I227953 discloses a “broadband dipole antenna”, which discloses a broadband access-point dipole antenna structure. The antenna includes two metal sleeves and a radiating metal line. By controlling the relative positions of both metal sleeves and the radiating metal line, good impedance matching in the 2.4-5.8 GHz band can be obtained, leading to a wideband operation. However, for the above-mentioned antennas, there is still a need for an extra plastic/rubber sleeve to wrap around the antenna, which causes an increase in the complexity and antenna cost. Furthermore, such antennas cannot be hidden inside a wireless wideband router/hub; that is, the antenna must be external, and therefore the aesthetics of the product decreases.
- Therefore, a new invention is needed to solve the related problems.
- One objective of the present invention is to provide an antenna device, which can be formed by bending or constituting conductive pieces, such that the size of the antenna device decreases and the fabrication process can be simplified.
- Another objective of the present invention is to provide an antenna system, which includes a plurality of antenna devices that can be hidden in a system. Also, the antenna devices are arranged according to specific rules, improving the communication efficiency of the antenna system.
- One embodiment of the present invention discloses an antenna device that comprises a first conductive piece, a second conductive piece electrically connected to a predetermined voltage level, a third conductive piece electrically connected to the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece, and a feeding point located on the first conductive piece.
- Another embodiment of the present invention discloses an antenna system, comprising a supporting base electrically connected to a predetermined voltage level, and at least one antenna device located on the supporting base. The antenna device comprises a first conductive piece, a second conductive piece electrically connected to the supporting base, a third conductive piece electrically connected to the first conductive piece and the second conductive piece, and a feeding point located on the first conductive piece.
- With the above-mentioned structures, the lowest operating frequency of the antenna can be decreased. Also, the size of the antenna can be reduced, so that the antenna can be hidden inside the system. Moreover, the antenna devices mentioned above can be formed by stamping or cutting a single metal plate, further decreasing manufacture cost.
- These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a prior art wideband router. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an antenna device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is an expanded view of an antenna device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is an expanded view of an antenna device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 5 is an expanded view of an antenna device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates an antenna system according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 illustrates the reflection coefficient and isolation coefficient of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8 illustrates a measured 3-D radiation pattern of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the measured peak antenna gain and radiation efficiency of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of anantenna device 200, which is also named a radiating device, according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 2 , theantenna device 200 according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes afirst metal piece 201, asecond metal piece 203, athird metal piece 205 and afeeding point 207. Thefirst metal piece 201 includes abending part 209. Thesecond metal piece 203 is electrically coupled to ground (i.e., a predetermined voltage level). Thefeeding point 207 is located at thefirst metal piece 201.FIG. 3 is an expanded view of anantenna device 200 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Please jointly refer toFIG. 2 andFIG. 3 to understand the antenna device structure according to embodiments of the present invention. - In this embodiment, the
bending part 209 separates thefirst metal piece 201 into afirst part 211 and asecond part 213. Thesecond metal piece 203 is substantially parallel to thefirst part 211 and is substantially perpendicular to thesecond part 213. Also, thefirst metal piece 201 includes afirst side 214 and asecond side 215, wherein thefirst side 214 is electrically connected to thethird metal piece 205, and thesecond side 215 is toward thesecond metal piece 203 but is not electrically connected to thesecond metal piece 203. Thefeeding point 207 is located on thesecond side 215. Additionally, amaterial 217, which has a dielectric constant substantially equal to that of the air in one embodiment, can be provided between thefirst metal piece 201 and thesecond metal piece 203. Furthermore, thethird metal piece 205 is electrically connected to a part of thefirst metal piece 201 and a part of thesecond metal piece 203. That is, a length L1 of thethird metal piece 205 is smaller than a length L3 of thefirst metal piece 201 and a length L2 of thesecond metal piece 205. Furthermore, thesecond metal piece 203 and thethird metal piece 205 are formed by stamping or cutting a single metal plate, decreasing the cost of manufacture. Additionally, a distance between thefirst side 214 and the second side 215 (i.e., the sum of a width W and a height h of the antenna device) is determined according to a lowest operating frequency of the antenna device. Furthermore, a distance between thefirst part 211 of thefirst metal piece 201 and the second metal piece 203 (i.e., the height h of the antenna device) substantially determines the impedance matching of theantenna device 200 over the operating bandwidth. - It should be noted that the above-mentioned description is only an example and does not mean to limit the scope of the present invention. For example,
FIG. 4 is an expanded view of an antenna device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and thefirst metal piece 201 is a U-shaped metal piece inFIG. 4 instead of a rectangle shown inFIG. 3 . Additionally,FIG. 5 is an expanded view of an antenna device according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and thefirst metal piece 201 is a ring shaped metal piece inFIG. 5 . Besides, in the above mentionedFIG. 2 toFIG. 5 , themetal piece 201 can include other numbers of bending parts (0 or more than one) instead of just one bending part. Additionally, the structural relation of thethird metal piece 205 relative to thefirst metal piece 201 and thesecond metal piece 203 is not limited to that shown inFIG. 2 andFIG. 3 . For example, thethird metal piece 205 can be moved to the location X, as shown inFIG. 3 , and the embodiments shown inFIG. 4 andFIG. 5 can have the same or similar variations. Also, other conductive materials can substitute first, second and third metal pieces to reach the same function. Persons skilled in the art can amend the structures of the antenna device according to the disclosure of the present invention to reach the same function. Such variations should also fall in the scope of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates anantenna system 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 6 , the antenna system includes a supportingbase 601 and a plurality ofantenna devices antenna devices FIG. 2 toFIG. 5 . In this embodiment, the supportingbase 601 is a circle metal piece coupled a ground level (i.e. a predetermined voltage level). Additionally, theantenna devices base 601 and are substantially equidistant from each other, and the thirdconductive piece 205 of the antenna device faces a geometric center (the center of the circle in this embodiment) of the supportingbase 601, thereby decreasing the port isolation among theantenna devices second metal piece 203 of theantenna devices base 601. It should be noted that the figures and the description shown in theantenna system 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention are only examples and are not meant to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, the antenna device does not necessary need to be located at the supporting base, and can be located on the computer chassis to be connected to ground. Also, the supportingbase 601 is not limited to being a circle metal piece, and the arrangement of the antenna devices is not limited to being as shown inFIG. 6 . -
FIG. 7 illustrates the reflection coefficient S11 and isolation coefficient S21 of the antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention.Bands FIG. 7 , it is clear that the obtained −10 dB impedance bandwidth easily covers the entire band of 2400-5850 MHz, which meets the required operating bandwidth for WLAN and/or WiMAX operation. Furthermore, the isolation coefficient S21 remains under −20 dB over the operating band. -
FIG. 8 illustrates a measured 3-D radiation pattern of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 8 , the radiation patterns of the antenna system of the present invention are very similar, with no non-signal region, and are of omnidirectional characteristics. ABC . . . O indicate different field intensities, andFIG. 8 illustrates the distribution of the field intensity. -
FIG. 9 illustrates the measured peak antenna gain X1 and radiation efficiency X2 of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 9 , the peak antenna gain X1 is about 2.4, 2.5 and 3.6 dBi over theBands - The meaning and measuring method of the parameters shown in
FIGS. 7 to 9 are well known to persons skilled in the art, and it is thus omitted for brevity. From these figures, it is apparent that the antenna device and system according to the present invention have superior advantages and is a novel invention. - With the above-mentioned structures, the lowest operating frequency of an antenna decreases. Also, the size of an antenna is reduced, so that the antenna can be hidden in the system. The above mentioned antenna devices can also be formed by stamping or cutting a single metal plate, decreasing the manufacture cost. Furthermore, good port isolation and wideband operation with good impedance matching can be obtained.
- Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention.
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